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Theresa May has rejected the EU's plan to include Northern Ireland in a future customs union. "No UK Prime Minister could ever agree to it," she told Parliament, as it would jeopardize "the constitutional integrity of the UK."

The European Commission's plan contravenes the Prime Minister's stance on Northern Ireland. In essence, May's position is that Northern Ireland will be under the same regulations as the rest of the UK post-Brexit, and will consequently have to leave the EU customs union.

In a private letter, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson urged the PM not to pursue a "no border" policy for Ireland post-Brexit. Rather the government should "stop this border becoming significantly harder," according to the letter, which leaked to Sky News.


Following the leak Johnson sought to defend himself, telling reporters: "What the letter says is that actually there are very good solutions that you could put in place that would obviate - prevent - any type of hard border, but would allow goods, people to move freely without let or hindrance." He went on to say this would still allow "the UK to come out of the customs union, take back control of our tariff schedules, take back control of commercial policy, and take back control of our regulations," adding "It's a very positive letter."


President of the European Council Donald Tusk will meet with May ahead of the PM's major Brexit speech on Friday. Tusk will ask May for "a better idea that would be as effective in preventing a hard border" on the island of Ireland.

Do you smell something?

What does Ireland want??

whiskey...

Well...
It's easy to sniff out the EU's b.s. on this.

The U.N. wants the eu, the uk, and the u.s.,
to take in close to a billion more "refugees" over
the next five years.

Well, hopefully they don't take in anymore Refugees in the US.

It's just bs from Brussels and a few in Ireland. they don't want a hard border back such was in the troubles. We have never signed up for the total free movement of people, hence still having a hard border between us and the rest of Europe. it's just something the remainers found to stir things up. If the eu had of reformed when camoran went over we would of never had the referendum. As usual with these things they are stuck in there ways. And Germany want control over Europe!

I know many Germans, including myself, who would give the EU a kick up the backside. Too many regulations and rules and stuff like that.

The Irish are very sceptic towards the EU as well, but as it was said already, fears of a hard border, because of economic reasons, as in prices for groceries going through the roof.

uea, when the liberals were in charge here, prices on everything went up, while our wages were going down... Y'all need to evict merkle, she's still a part of the liberal NWO...

Yep, but people cross the border to get cheaper things now don't they?

That wagon will still be there, when I'm already pushing daisies, because there is nobody able to contest her

Aye, especially for booze. But this will be scrapped, should they re introduce border controls.

that's what the bilderburgs and Soros want... They liberal owned media keeps her in charge...

Moe, there was method in her madness as we say in letting so many immigrants in, it was the turks years ago, "cheap labour" that's it!
I'm guessing it's the same with the Mexicans?

And a common excuse was, that Germany has the lowest birthrate in Europe

A classic example of why many people voted leave is this, European rules make any big contract, building, shipping and so on must be tendered out to the whole of Europe, hence lesser countries on lower wages or government help win and take away from us, bridges, power stations etc.
We will have new passports, red to the old black. The contract to supply them has been won by. ...France it was millions of pounds /euros cheaper!

yea, years ago... Now I'm not so sure what it is...